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Jul 28, 2020, 2:57 am
#46
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Switzerland
Programs: BA Gold, LH Sen, Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 843
Crossair was a big user of Saab aircraft. The nordic (pardon the pun) routes used their Saab 2000.
In those days, it was indeed Basle, as in French. But in the 1990s the city government decided to change the English name, and Basel it has been since (as in German).
I stand corrected, 2001-2002. The timing for Crossair's HEL-BSL-HEL was a business traveller's dream (actually the employer's, not so much the traveller's): 06:45 from HEL, arriving well before the start of office hours. Back from BSL at 20:20, allowing a full day's work. And definitely no queues at HEL around 06:00.
I stand corrected, 2001-2002. The timing for Crossair's HEL-BSL-HEL was a business traveller's dream (actually the employer's, not so much the traveller's): 06:45 from HEL, arriving well before the start of office hours. Back from BSL at 20:20, allowing a full day's work. And definitely no queues at HEL around 06:00.
Jul 28, 2020, 12:20 pm
#48
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,600
I found this link on the Basel flights FINNAIR AND CROSSAIR CODE-SHARE TO BASEL (odd website for this piece of news).
Jul 28, 2020, 12:36 pm
#49
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,600
There is an interesting looking thesis (in Finnish) based on Aero’s annual reports in the 50’s and 60’s https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/hand...=2&isAllowed=y.
The author wrote that Aero flew HEL-CPH-CGN-FRA-BSL in 1958 but Basel was soon replaced by GVA for a couple of years. In wikipedia there is a picture of Finnairs SuperCaravelle in Basel in the 70’s but I do not know why.
From page 102 onwards you’ll find AY’s foreign routes from 1950 to 1968. How about HEL-LUX-BCN-AGP or HEL-HAM-AMS-PAR or HEL-GOT-LON?
The author wrote that Aero flew HEL-CPH-CGN-FRA-BSL in 1958 but Basel was soon replaced by GVA for a couple of years. In wikipedia there is a picture of Finnairs SuperCaravelle in Basel in the 70’s but I do not know why.
From page 102 onwards you’ll find AY’s foreign routes from 1950 to 1968. How about HEL-LUX-BCN-AGP or HEL-HAM-AMS-PAR or HEL-GOT-LON?
Last edited by nordic; Jul 28, 2020 at 12:50 pm
Jul 29, 2020, 10:54 am
#50
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Switzerland
Programs: BA Gold, LH Sen, Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 843
A great find - of course it was the Embraer - I stand corrected!
My bad again. I was thinking of the stickiness of the earlier pronunciation [ba:l] (French-like, if I may) and how it took years and years for BA's BSL crews to adapt to the new [ba:zl]. With the exception of the luckily very ones with [beizl] 
Jul 29, 2020, 2:38 pm
#51
Join Date: Jan 2011
Programs: AFKL PLT, BA Gold, SK Gold, AY Gold, A3 Silver, LH FTL, IHG Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 408
Jul 29, 2020, 2:42 pm
#52
Join Date: Jan 2011
Programs: AFKL PLT, BA Gold, SK Gold, AY Gold, A3 Silver, LH FTL, IHG Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 408
During the AY/DL codeshare years, DL had approximately 10 F/A's assigned as "DL Ambassadors" working onboard AY's HEL-JFK flights. These positions were rotated every six months or so and most of the DL Ambs were actually Finnish-born ladies who DL had inherited from Pan Am.
Jul 29, 2020, 3:04 pm
#53
Join Date: May 2012
Location: GVA (HEL)
Programs: AY Plat (OWE)
Posts: 536
Me too. There are also very few photos of AZ planes at HEL in databases like airliners.net (the ones found are indeed charter flights, e.g. one carrying Gli Azzurri for their match against Huuhkajat in 2003). 😀
Sep 4, 2020, 10:44 am
#57
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Helsinki
Programs: AY Platinum
Posts: 303
Wouldn't count as a preferred seat for various reasons. 
However, the way I remember it from my childhood, selling a DC-10 full wasn't particularly a priority and most of the time you ended up having several seats for yourself.
However, the way I remember it from my childhood, selling a DC-10 full wasn't particularly a priority and most of the time you ended up having several seats for yourself.
Sep 4, 2020, 11:36 am
#58
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Helsinki-Vantaa APT, Finland
Programs: AY LUMO
Posts: 6,055
Dec 22, 2020, 9:04 am
#59
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 48,100
Came across this youtube video of the first TATL service today:
The special uniform ex AMS and the finnish blankets look interesting
The special uniform ex AMS and the finnish blankets look interesting
Dec 22, 2020, 12:11 pm
#60
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY, SK, TK
Posts: 7,591
Came across this youtube video of the first TATL service today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z587rJR8XnU
The special uniform ex AMS and the finnish blankets look interesting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z587rJR8XnU
The special uniform ex AMS and the finnish blankets look interesting
